I was sick from Tuesday to Thursday (just a Cold and a really sore throat). But thankfully I was able to go out and Work for most of the days. I did feel awful Wednesday night, after our Ward coordination meeting and I ended up asking Elder Ivie and our Ward mission leader for a Blessing. It was a neat experience because Elder Ivie annointed and did that in English and my Ward mission leader (Stephan) Sealed the Blessing and did that in Danish. It was the first Blessing I've received in Danish and it was a very special experience. It just reconfirmed my testimony about how real the priesthood is and how God is the one speaking to us when we receive Blessings, because Stephan said some Things that he could have no way of knowing that it was exactly what I was struggling with. I love the priesthood. I'm so very grateful to know worthy priesthood holders that can act as intruments in the Lord's hands and help me and others when needed.
Despite being sick, we got a TON done this week. How grateful I am for Ward members that love doing missionary Work. There is this greenlandic member in our Ward, JJ, and he loves doing missionary Work. He comes teaching with us so much and he is right now helping us teach two greenlandic families (because we can't speak greenlandic). We've met with them once before JJ came with us and that did not go well because only one of the Family members speaks Danish and the second time we came, JJ was with us and the spirit was so strong and six other Family members now are investigators!
Also, we met this mulsim man trying to contact a referral with JJ. He pulled up on his bike and started yelling at us to come over and we thought he was mad but then we found out that that was just the way he talked. He just yells. Anyways, he was very interested and enthusiastic about our pamphlets and kept telling us we needed to bring him some in Arabic. Then he showed us his house, and hustled us in (like he did not even listen to us when we tried to tell him we couldn't come in because there wasn't a third girl). He just kept frantically beckoning us in and saying "come! COME! come!" finally, we just went in (I know, I know, I'm an awful missionary). Basaam (that's his name) is a very devote muslim, with the prayer rug and Compass pointing East and everything. Anyways, he made us sit Down and then brought out all this food for us to eat. Then he proceeded to yell us, not tell but yell, his life story. We finally convinced him to let us go and he very energetically told us that we were his sisters and JJ was his friend. "Sisters, Friend! Sisters Friend" he wanted to be sure we understood. That was an interesting experience.
Our investigator Nynne is perfect. Seriously she is. We went to a lesson with her and asked her how reading was going and she is half way through the book of mormon but she's going to start over and keep reading in Alma at the same time so she can understand clearly. She prayers after every time she reads and gets a confirmation that it is true. She now believes Joseph Smith truly was a prophet and she surprised us by telling us that she has read the ENTIRE gospel principles mannual. Yeah, that was a surprise. And she says she wants to live after everything she's read in it. I love her so much. She's so amazing. And it's so obvious to me that it's nothing I am doing but that this process for her is really between her and the Lord. He's the One teaching her, not me. And then, through her example and her sincerity, she has taught me so much of what it Means to put the Gospel and the Lord first.
Anyways, I love you all so much!
Kærlig Hilsen, Søster Briscoe
P.S. The Picture is of Søs Ripplinger, Me, Nynne and Søs Bartholomew and the other Picture is Nynne's oldest boy, Jonathan playing with the Elders after a dinner appointment (he is 3 years old)
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